Whatchya Doin’?? Hey, family, I know what I am going to be for Halloween this year! Kids…mom is making a crazy costume again! I absolutely LOVE Halloween! For the past few years, I have gone the route of making homemade costumes for my family. Each year, I try to come up with a costume that … Read more
My husband and I went as Wile E. Coyote and The Roadrunner. We LOVED this costume and so did all of our friends. Wile E. won 1st place in the costume contest and boy was he one proud Coyote. I started out by making Wile E.’s head. I used an old baseball cap and a … Read more
As soon as my college roommate and I thought of this idea of a fun magic school bus and Ms. Frizzle Halloween costume, we did everything we had to do to make it PERFECT. We must have gone to 3 stores to find cardboard boxes and several thrift stores to find the right Ms. Frizzle … Read more
My daughter CJ is in love with Dora the Explora as she calls it, as are all the rest of the toddler girls in the world. It was an easy decision to make her a Dora the Explorer Children Costume for Halloween. I found her the perfect color pink shirt at a craft store. We … Read more
The Three Blind Minnie Mice group costume idea was for a work costume contest. We wanted to come up with something different and somehow thought of doing that. I guess we came up with it collaboratively talking back and forth. We are a strange bunch! We didn’t end up winning, but still it was different! … Read more
Why so serious? Miss Joker! Well as usual I like to be a guy’s costume but make it my girl version so I decided on a girl Joker costume, besides the Joker is creepy looking and most girl just want to be girly costumes. So I started thinking on what to get to make it. … Read more
I went to a Disney themed party this year. I knew I wanted to be something different and unique so my boyfriend and I went as Kevin and Carl from Up! Carl was easy. We found a brown tweed jacket and brown dress pants at a thrift store. He already had a white button up … Read more
We made this Kick-Ass and Hit Girl couples costume! I found the green sweatpants at a thrift store, bought a green ski mask and used yellow electrical tape to make the stripes for the Kickass costume. For Hit Girl I had the purple thermal. Bought purple leggings and the cape. I made the belt buckle … Read more
Hope you like our homemade couples Batman and Robin costumes. We got the shirts at Spencer’s thinking we would just wear those for the day, but then we decided to go out so we got tights and shorts. Threw on some boots. And made myself a mask. That was the hardest part. The week of … Read more
They loved the movie – so I was stuck sewing. I didn’t want to spend a lot, so I opted for white eyelit fabric I owned, some fleece from a blanket making project and there you have it, a dad and daughter costume! Papa Smurf: I sewed his pants and sewed the shirt. We always … Read more
My 9 year old wanted to be Perry so I searched for material and the fun began. I used and old sweatshirt and old sweats (that fit) to cut a pattern out for her to wear. We then used cardboard and rolled it into a circle to fit her head. I covered it, measured the … Read more
My daughter’s love for Lego Batman led to a request to be perky villaness Harley Quinn for Halloween. To create this girl’s Harley Quinn costume Minifigure style, I modified a few sewing pattern to suit my needs. The pants were easy, used a simple elastic waist lounge type pants and made one leg red, one … Read more